Nice looking Rhododendrons and garden!

I have a strigillosum variety also. Don't know the name of it.
I also have a Lem's Monarch, pictured below.

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Hi botann,
Thanks. Been checking out some of your photos. Very nice!
Your Lem's Monarch is a beauty. I have another Lem, ÂHansel. Grow it for the foliage.
Of the strig hybrids, my favorite is ÂHarold Amateis. (strig x maximum). Purchased my first in 1974 from the late Warren Baldseifen, http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v29n1/v29n1-leach1.htm Lost that in a salt water flood, south shore of Long Island. Got another from Bath, Maine, about four years ago, now a six footer. ItÂs the closest we will get to looking like strig in a hybrid. It appears to also have almost the hardiness of maximum. The only drawback is the flowers, which open a beautiful shade of red, start to blue slightly after a few days. If you donÂt mind that, itÂs the best! With its new growth, it draws more comments from visitors to my garden then anything else. Would like to cross with Vulcan, to get more scarlet. Hope itÂs not sterile.

I wish I knew how to post pics on this site.

Some Images of R. 'Harold Amateis'

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I wish I knew the variety of this Strigillosum. The blossoms are red, bell shaped, and waxy looking. They hang down are are usually semi-hidden in the foliage.
R. 'Daphnoides' on the left. The trees are Japanese Maples.

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Hi botann,

Would like to have that in my garden.
Might be Red Majesty. The only other that I'm familiar with that has similar foliage shape is Double Winner, but flowers on Double Winner are displayed very prominently. For what it's worth, I can tell you what it's not: Etta Burrows, Peter Faulk, Malahat, Taurus, Grace Seabrook, Maxine Childers.

Here is Harold Greer's description:
Rhododendron âÂÂRed Majestyâ �" (elliottii x strigillosum) 5âÂÂ, 10oF, E, 4/3. Leaves are long and slender, looking much like strigillosum. The flowers are a deep red with many dark spots surrounding each petal.

Here is a photo of mine:

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Another strig hybrid I've been unable to obtain is 'Matador.' Don't know what it looks like.
When (if) my red majesty blooms next year, I'll post some photos; maybe that would help with your ID.

Here is a link that might be useful: Rhododendron 'strigillosum'